Inspired by an aboriginal story about the creation of the Southern Cross constellation, guitarist Rob Thomsett wrote a wonderful but little known jazz/rock album called Yaraandoo in 1974. Only 100 copies of the album were made.
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This episode is all about aboriginal Australian women who wrote and played songs that reflected their emotions and experiences and then sang them with powerful voices that inspired their communities.
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It was a time of magic. The first gramophones were spreading across the world. Musicians were being recorded onto strange devices, then replayed, their music heard again and again... Remember that image of the white dog peering into a phonographs brass trumpet-shaped speaker, listening to His ...

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